Comments on: Birthzillas: when it’s all about the birth, not the baby

By: Mew

Mew — Sat, 11 May 2013 10:46:06 +0000

I think you missed her point.

By: NotTheBoss

NotTheBoss — Thu, 09 May 2013 22:27:17 +0000

I realise this is an old post, but to point out: the Netherlands also has great stats because it is a very small, centralised country. If critical medical assistance is required, it can get there very quickly. The U.S. also has some severe problems with their medical system.

Careful with stats. They are not to be used naively.

By: Diane

Diane — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:05:07 +0000

This. Yes!

By: brie

brie — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:42:19 +0000

These days you have to be careful when the subject of birth comes up not to mention the words natural or medication free or you could well be turfed out of your mothers group.
Women who have opted for pain medications get angry….really angry.
I don’t care how many meds you had but apparently my lack of them offends!!

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:16:32 +0000

I found this confronting to read, as by your definition, I’m a Birthzilla, and yet I’ve never put my birth experiences in other people’s faces, nor do I brag about it. I certainly didn’t put my birth plan ahead of the safety of my children either. I just did what my body, my mind, my hormones and my babies allowed me to do. I really don’t see what the big deal is – it’s an individual’s choice to birth as they want and whatever the outcomes, they need to live with their experience and the results. I find articles like this one unnecessarily inflammatory.

By: Eleni

Eleni — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:16:09 +0000

That same reasoning would mean that just because many people in India and other poorer countries have poor nutrition, means we shouldnt press for good nutrition here in Australia… By all means be thankful for what we have, but that doesn’t mean we should stop trying to improve and educate ourselves!

By: Kel

Kel — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 07:14:45 +0000

Well said ‘Why?’

Not sure what the bottle feeding dig was all about? Breastfeeding is bloody hard and I completely understand why some women give it in. I have persisted but I have wanted to give in on many occasions. I was bottle fed as a baby, nothing wrong with me.

By: Kel

Kel — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 07:01:43 +0000

I agree with you also. Be educated on what the possibilities are and go in with an open mind. I completely trusted that my obstetrician was going to get my baby out the safest way possible. I have a friend who’s birth HAD to go to plan and it didn’t. She has issues about it now.

After having two miscarriages myself I think that it put things into perspective, how my baby came into the world really didn’t matter. As long as he was healthy that’s all that mattered to me.

By: lynsey jones

lynsey jones — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 06:55:45 +0000

Mia you present terribly in this article. There seems a to be a real lack of compassion toward other women, that does fit with the stereotype of your profession as a fashion editor holds.

Perhaps you could look into the psychology of pregnancy and the role that hormones play in that. You know ‘nesting’ is very real in mammals. Planning and preparing for labour is a natural part of the nesting process.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:26:50 +0000

Oxytocin injections cannot lead to hemmorhage. they are given to prevent hemmorhage.